Duke School MS Library

Such much hype this week, but it's just T minus 15 hours and the Hunger Games movie will be in the theaters!

To fortify yourself before the movie, how about enjoying Peeta’s burnt nut and raisin bread?  Maybe District 12 ration grain drop biscuits will get you in the mood?  Upgrade your snack to Capitol-level quality by adding pale purple melon!  Check out this fictional food website for more ideas and recipes.

But wait – you really need your very own Hunger Games name.  The website HungerNames.com provides you your own Hunger Games identity.  Or use it as inspiration and write yourself into the plot as you see fit.

Don’t forget to let us know what you think of the movie…

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• Are you an ace with a bow and arrow?
• Do you own a mockingbird pin?
• Have you already decided to name your first-born “Katniss"?  _
  
• Have you read the Hunger Games trilogy countless times?

If you’ve been struggling to pass the time until the March 23 release of the Hunger Games movie, how about reading a Hunger Games read-alike?  

Below is a list of suggested titles*.  All books share a post-apocalyptic and/or future world setting similar to Hunger Games, each loaded with adventure.  All of these are available in the DSMS Library.

If you disagree with any of these Hunger Games read-alike books being on the list, let us know!

Dark Life by Kat Falls

The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick

Rash by Pete Hautman

The Secret under My Skin by Janet McNaughton

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Storm Thief by Chris Wooding

Z for Zachariah by Robert O’Brien

SERIES:
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Carbon Diaries series by Saci Lloyd

Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau

Exodus by Julie Bertagna

The Giver series by Lois Lowry

Gone series by Michael Grant

Hunger City Chronicles by Philip Reeve

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfield

Life as we Knew It by Susan Pfeffer

Matched trilogy by Ally Condie

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Maze Runner by James Dashner

Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

Seven Kingdoms trilogy by Kristin Cashore

Truesight by David Stahler, Jr.

BTW, have you checked out the movie trailers?  Can’t wait to hear what you think of the movie!

*Thanks to all the librarians on the YALSA list-serv for compiling this list.